Bolsover & District Cycling Club

i rode the 1st round of the fri night mtb rounds,last night ,full respect to the organisers , how to turn a lesuire center  foot ball pitch and tennis court boundries with the help of a few steep banks and trees into a fast but technical mtb/cx course,was a gd ride,there was another bolsover shirt ridind in the jouniour race ,sry i dont know his name ,but he deffo has a future in xc mtb cycling if he continues to race

the race,,,some student from sumwere missed his pedals on the st...

At quarter past ten we (Dylan, Joel, Caitlin and Myself) set off from the Sherwood Pines visitor centre followed behind by our parents, we headed off along the blue route and soon came along a fun skills loop which we went around for about ten minutes, we then carried along the blue route for about twenty minutes. We had a bit of a rest and then carried on and we were having so much fun ! Near the end of the trail we found an excellent jump out of the woods where we all had a great time jumpi...

"You have to have grim rides to appreciate the good ones"  so after yesterdays ride at the Dark and White MTB Enduro, I should have some awesome rides to look forward to!!!

What a pig of a ride! I have ridden most of the paths on the route before and in dry conditions it would have been a cracking course. Yesterday was a slightly different scene though - piddling down with rain, cold wind, horrible wet slippy deep mud, slippery limestone and flooded tracks with big deep puddles to...

Tonight's ride quickly embedded itself as one to put behind us....For various reasons that in the interests of good writing in the vein of Sesame Street, all begin loosely with the letter F..

Five riders tonight,  Vern Richardson, Simon Gaddes, Bob Smith , new rider John Lambert and me

Failure no 1 - Johns lights just weren't up to the task, he was riding with s...

Rode at hickton lodge this morning,awsum race for the time of year,icey in practise,this soon turned to slimey mud in the woods and grassy sections as the sun got higher,i mopped a fair bit of it up with my jersey ,when i hit the ground on a couple of ocasions ,not entirley my fault but thats racing for ya.

I was fast through the berms and twisty bits but on the fourth lap was flagging on the hills,these guys might be over 50 but they were no slouches,the pace was fast,i placed ninteent...

Despite Simons careful calculations to make sure that this week’s ride was to start from the Black Horse at Whaley, to take advantage of the free chips on offer after their pool tournament, i managed to balls this up by announcing it was to start from the Horse & Groom.

I slept fitfully the night before ,listening to the howling wind trying to outdo my double glazing and the hammer of driving rain outside.

At 8am my thumb hovered over the send button on a group SMS intended to kill the ride, but then the weather seemed to ease a little...the "get out and ride" devil victorious in a battle over the "daytime TV" devil on my shoulder

As the wife was working, kids were ejected at my mothers and i drove over to the Pines , to park up alo...

Do you ever find yourself surprised by the flavour of a chocloate from a selection box, when you have ignored the index card...have you ever read a book without a cover, have you ever gone home with a girl who really should be worth 2 or 3 pints more, only to find she has an amazing body !!

Well i have come to the conclusion that we should treat our weather exactly the same.

If we had believed the weather reports and the actual weather just 90 minutes earlier, then this ride most...

Flew the flag for B&DCC at the Evil Sherriff Duathlon at Sherwood Pines today. Wore my nice new club kit which soon became very mud splattered on the bike leg. It was a beautiful sunny autumn morning and the first run was quite pleasant. I set off really steady to save some energy for what was to come. I had been panicking about the bike section, as some of you are already aware! The event description said it was going to be 'technical uphill and downhill sections' so I was quite nervous ...

Being in the blue Bell car park, exposed to a strong, cold wind reminded me that winter was certainly well on its way. This week I was reasonably well prepared though, I had layered up, brought the full fingered gloves and remembered my Exposure light.

Id done my best to encourage numbers for this ride, but many of the usuals had excuses, some work related, some down to Injury. What I did know is that we had a potential new member, Bob Smith keen to ride with us, and as he origi...

Eleven of us "boys" met at the Blue Bell at 8am for a quick jaunt down to Cannock Chase..its about twenty years since i raced XC at cannock and it brings back some good memories..especially of the "Bomb holes".

Some jiggery pokery to maximise the carrying capacity of the cars and limit our carbon footprint saw us head off in three full cars with loads of metal strapped on.

The day was warm and sunny , and a good day off work to visit a trail Centre..we started steady, Cannock is t...

Andy Brickles , route Jedi put together another superb route on the local trails , which you can see here..

http://www.bolsoveranddistrictcyclingclub.org.uk/Routes/MTB%20Ride%2031st%20May%2011.pdf

It was a great ride , with all sorts of variety. I do wonder if there is anything to explore in Roseland wood, but i think everyone enjoyed what was put together

The strangest thi...

I nearly chickened out...

I drove home watching an ominous dark cloud develop near home, spending the journey trying to determine what direction the wind was blowing the nasty clouds...

A quick text around those that had posted were coming restored my faith (or at least kicked my arse into gear) with everyone coming back saying lets do it !! a few drops of rain and the bugger of a cloud passed over, so i headed over to the Horse & Groom , with a quick detour back home to colle...